The Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP is the largest party with 102 seats while the YS Jaganmohan Reddy's YSRCP is the main opposition with 67 seats to its name in the 176-seat Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.

The Lok Sabha elections and Legislative Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh will be held concurrently in a single phase on April 11, 2019. Although the main contest in the state will be between the ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP), there are the Jana Sena Party (JSP), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress as well in the fray. The Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP is the largest party with 102 seats while the YS Jaganmohan Reddy's YSRCP is the main opposition with 67 seats to its name. The election results for the 176-seat Assembly will be declared on May 23.

Here are the contesting political parties in Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections and their symbols:

Telugu Desam Party

The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is a regional party active in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and it was founded by iconic NT Ramarao in 1982. Current Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is the president of the party since 1995. The TDP contested the 2014 Legislative Assembly elections in alliance with the BJP and the former won 102 seats alone. In March 2018, the TDP broke out of the coalition over financial support and Special Category Status to Andhra Pradesh.

Party symbol: The party's official election symbol is a cycle.

YSR Congress Party

The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party or YSRCP is another regional party of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and it was founded by a Telangana-based lawyer and YS Rajasekhara Reddy fan Siva Kumar in 2009. In 2011, the party was joined by Rajasekhara Reddy's son YS Jaganmohan Reddy and wife YS Vijaya Lakshmi. Many Congress leaders who were loyal to Reddy switched to the YSRCP. Under the leadership of Jaganmohan Reddy, the party secured 67 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections finishing runner up to the TDP.

Party symbol: The party's official election symbol is a ceiling fan.

Jana Sena Party

The Jana Sena Party (JSP) was founded by actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan, brother of another Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi, in 2014. Pawan Kalyan extensively campaigned for the TDP-BJP alliance during the 2014 elections but did not contest from anywhere. Fast-forward five years and the Jana Sena has fielded candidates from 140 Assembly seats and two Lok Sabha seats. Pawan Kalyan himself will contest the Assembly elections from two seats. The party has forged an alliance with left parties - CPI and CPM - and the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) for the upcoming elections in the state.

Party symbol: The party's official election symbol is an empty glass.

Congress

The grand old party is the oldest political party in the country and it used to be a dominant force in Andhra Pradesh but gradually lost its influence to the NT Ramarao-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in the early 1980s. The Congress saw a lot of its disgruntled leaders in Andhra jump ship and join regional parties. The bifurcation of the state from Telangana in 2014 hit the Congress real hard as the party failed to secure a single seat in both Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly elections. The party's state chief is Raghu Veera Reddy and under his leadership, the Congress managed to secure a paltry vote share of 2.8 per cent.

Party symbol: The party's official election symbol is a hand.

Bharatiya Janata Party

Despite its immense popularity in majority states of the country, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has a nominal presence in Andhra Pradesh. The party joined hands with the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP in the 2014 Andhra Pradesh elections in order to capitalise on Naidu's popularity in the state, but the BJP failed to garner popular support. In the 2014 Assembly elections, the BJP won in four seats with a vote share of 2.2 per cent. NT Ramarao's daughter Daggubati Purandeswari is one of the most popular leaders for the BJP in Andhra Pradesh.

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Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections 2019: Top 5 contesting parties and their election symbolsDescription:The Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP is the largest party with 102 seats while the YS Jaganmohan Reddy's YSRCP is the main opposition with 67 seats to its name in the 176-seat Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly.Mohammad Adil